Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Inishcaltra Or Holy Island, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inishcaltra Or Holy Island
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.91553, -8.44881
- SMR number
- CL029-009214-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated N of the round tower (CL029-009010-) on Inis Cealtra. Excavations took place in this area (licence no. E000180) in the 1970s (de Paor 2013). Post excavation work in 2015 resulted in a radiocarbon date of Cal AD 551-639 (UBA-30514) from a ‘trench’ or ditch showing the presence of features dating from the reputed foundation of the ecclesiastical site. (de Paor 2013, 58; Seaver and O’Sullivan 2015, 11-13)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 19 July 2016
References
de Paor †, L. 2013 Inis Cealtra: Archaeological investigations of the monuments on the island. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 53, 27-78.
Seaver, M. and O'Sullivan, A. 2015 Report on the Iniscealtra post excavation project for the Royal Irish Academy 2015. Excavation no. E180. Early Medieval Archaeology Project, School of Archaeology, University College Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Round towerunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.